The DaB - Daily Briefing

October 20, 2025, 12:34 PM


πŸ“Š 39 articles collected from multiple sources
πŸ”„ Generated at 2025-10-20 12:34:28

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⏱️ Execution Details:

Duration: 129.3 seconds
Start Time: 2025-10-20 12:34:28
End Time: 2025-10-20 12:36:37

πŸ“‘ Data Collection:

Articles Collected: 39
Sources Configured: 4
Source Breakdown: RSS: 24, Hacker News: 6, arXiv: 4, Reddit: 5

πŸ€– AI Processing:

AI Summaries: 39
Tweet Sets: 39

πŸ“Š Analytics:

Engagement Scores: 39
Distribution: Notable: 6, Standard: 9, Low: 24
Topics Detected: 7
Cross-platform Stories: 1

[01]
πŸ’» How I bypassed Amazon's Kindle web DRM
Source: Hacker News | Published: 2025-10-16 20:22 | ID: 8b203a5cf651 | | Topics: πŸ”’ Security, 🏒 Big Tech
πŸ€– AI Summary:
Hacker News discussion with 1729 points and 502 comments. Posted 2025-10-16 20:22.
πŸ“± Show Tweet Suggestions (1)
Check out this tech news: How I bypassed Amazon's Kindle web DRM... https://blog.pixelmelt.dev/kindle-web-drm/
[02]
πŸ’» Apple M5 chip
Source: Hacker News | Published: 2025-10-15 13:02 | ID: 2ffef67a0d52 | | Topics: πŸ”’ Security, πŸ”§ Hardware
πŸ€– AI Summary:
Hacker News discussion with 1256 points and 1387 comments. Posted 2025-10-15 13:02.
πŸ“± Show Tweet Suggestions (1)
Check out this tech news: Apple M5 chip... https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2025/10/apple-unleashes-m5-the-next-big-leap-in-ai-performance-for-apple-silicon/
[03]
πŸ’» Migrating from AWS to Hetzner
Source: Hacker News | Published: 2025-10-17 10:00 | ID: 27d5da9abe87 | | Topics: πŸ”’ Security, ☁️ Cloud
πŸ€– AI Summary:
Hacker News discussion with 1110 points and 619 comments. Posted 2025-10-17 10:00.
πŸ“± Show Tweet Suggestions (1)
Check out this tech news: Migrating from AWS to Hetzner... https://digitalsociety.coop/posts/migrating-to-hetzner-cloud/
[04]
πŸ’» FSF announces Librephone project
Source: Hacker News | Published: 2025-10-14 23:47 | ID: fac4c495a2a2 | | Topics: πŸ”’ Security
πŸ€– AI Summary:
Hacker News discussion with 1573 points and 629 comments. Posted 2025-10-14 23:47.
πŸ“± Show Tweet Suggestions (1)
Check out this tech news: FSF announces Librephone project... https://www.fsf.org/news/librephone-project
[05]
πŸ’» NanoChat – The best ChatGPT that $100 can buy
Source: Hacker News | Published: 2025-10-13 15:22 | ID: 075e08e52175 | | Topics: πŸ€– Ai Ml, πŸ”’ Security
πŸ€– AI Summary:
Hacker News discussion with 1515 points and 308 comments. Posted 2025-10-13 15:22.
πŸ“± Show Tweet Suggestions (1)
Check out this tech news: NanoChat – The best ChatGPT that $100 can buy... https://github.com/karpathy/nanochat
[06]
πŸ’» Andrej Karpathy – It will take a decade to work through the issues with agents
Source: Hacker News | Published: 2025-10-17 17:24 | ID: cc401d6b2356 | | Topics: πŸ”’ Security
πŸ€– AI Summary:
Hacker News discussion with 1168 points and 1068 comments. Posted 2025-10-17 17:24.
πŸ“± Show Tweet Suggestions (1)
Check out this tech news: Andrej Karpathy – It will take a decade to work through the issues with agents... https://www.dwarkesh.com/p/andrej-karpathy
[07]
πŸ“° Scale AI alum raises $9M for AI serving critical industries in MENA
Source: TechCrunch | Published: Mon, 20 Oct 2025 08:15:50 +0000 | ID: 8d46bff82957 | | Topics: πŸ€– Ai Ml
πŸ€– AI Summary:
Bilal Abu-Ghazaleh had just moved to London few days before our call, splitting his time between there and Dubai. After nearly a decade in the U.S., including a stint at Scale AI, he’s bringing that e...
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Check out this tech news: Scale AI alum raises $9M for AI serving critical industries in MENA... https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/20/scale-ai-alum-raises-9m-for-ai-serving-critical-industries-in-mena/
[08]
πŸ“° The man betting everything on AI and Bill Belichick
Source: TechCrunch | Published: Mon, 20 Oct 2025 08:10:52 +0000 | ID: ccae1c78d8b4 | | Topics: πŸ€– Ai Ml
πŸ€– AI Summary:
UNC Chancellor Lee Roberts is making big bets on AI and Bill Belichick, and he sounds like a Silicon Valley CEO while doing it.
πŸ“± Show Tweet Suggestions (1)
Check out this tech news: The man betting everything on AI and Bill Belichick... https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/20/the-man-betting-everything-on-ai-and-bill-belichick/
[09]
πŸ“° Amazon DNS outage breaks much of the internet
Source: TechCrunch | Published: Mon, 20 Oct 2025 11:21:17 +0000 | ID: dd31a12ff352 | | Topics: 🏒 Big Tech
πŸ€– AI Summary:
The outage affected websites like Coinbase and Fortnite, and disrupted services like Signal, Zoom and Amazon's own products, including Ring.
πŸ“± Show Tweet Suggestions (1)
Check out this tech news: Amazon DNS outage breaks much of the internet... https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/20/amazon-dns-outage-breaks-much-of-the-internet/
[10]
πŸ“° OpenAI’s β€˜embarrassing’ math
Source: TechCrunch | Published: Sun, 19 Oct 2025 18:56:58 +0000 | ID: de3e24d15659 | | Topics: πŸ€– Ai Ml, 🏒 Big Tech
πŸ€– AI Summary:
No, GPT-5 did not solve a bunch of previously unsolved math problems.
πŸ“± Show Tweet Suggestions (1)
Check out this tech news: OpenAI’s β€˜embarrassing’ math... https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/19/openais-embarrassing-math/
[11]
πŸ“° TechCrunch Mobility: A takeover that might not be hostile
Source: TechCrunch | Published: Sun, 19 Oct 2025 16:15:00 +0000 | ID: c04980ec8b31 |
πŸ€– AI Summary:
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility β€” your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation.
πŸ“± Show Tweet Suggestions (1)
Check out this tech news: TechCrunch Mobility: A takeover that might not be hostile... https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/19/techcrunch-mobility-a-takeover-that-might-not-be-hostile/
[12]
πŸ“° Something from β€œspace” may have just struck a United Airlines flight over Utah
Source: Ars Technica - All content | Published: Sun, 19 Oct 2025 18:50:10 +0000 | ID: adc15e17bd23 | | Topics: πŸ€– Ai Ml
πŸ€– AI Summary:
"NTSB gathering radar, weather, flight recorder data."
πŸ“± Show Tweet Suggestions (1)
Check out this tech news: Something from β€œspace” may have just struck a United Airlines flight over Utah... https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/10/something-from-space-may-have-just-struck-a-united-airlines-flight-over-utah/
[13]
πŸ“° Major AWS outage takes down Fortnite, Alexa, Snapchat, and more
Source: The Verge | Published: 2025-10-20T04:07:09-04:00 | ID: 962591a29768 | | Topics: πŸ€– Ai Ml, ☁️ Cloud
πŸ€– AI Summary:
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is currently experiencing a major outage that has taken down online services, including Amazon, Alexa, Snapchat, Fortnite, ChatGPT, Epic Games Store, Epic Online Services, an...
πŸ“± Show Tweet Suggestions (1)
Check out this tech news: Major AWS outage takes down Fortnite, Alexa, Snapchat, and more... https://www.theverge.com/news/802486/aws-outage-alexa-fortnite-snapchat-offline
[14]
πŸ“° Kohler unveils a camera for your toilet
Source: TechCrunch | Published: Sun, 19 Oct 2025 21:30:09 +0000 | ID: 0d538e1e9ed8 |
πŸ€– AI Summary:
Home goods company Kohler recently unveiled a new device called the Dekoda β€” a $599 camera that can be attached to your toilet bowl and take pictures of what’s inside.
πŸ“± Show Tweet Suggestions (1)
Check out this tech news: Kohler unveils a camera for your toilet... https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/19/kohler-unveils-a-camera-for-your-toilet/
[15]
πŸ“° The White House is already one of the most blocked accounts on Bluesky
Source: TechCrunch | Published: Sun, 19 Oct 2025 15:41:55 +0000 | ID: 935b424799fe |
πŸ€– AI Summary:
The Trump administration is taking its social media attacks on Democratic opponents to an unlikely platform, with the White House and numerous other government agencies joining Bluesky on Friday.
πŸ“± Show Tweet Suggestions (1)
Check out this tech news: The White House is already one of the most blocked accounts on Bluesky... https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/19/the-white-house-is-already-one-of-the-most-blocked-accounts-on-bluesky/
[16]
πŸ“° Teen sues to destroy the nudify app that left her in constant fear
Source: Ars Technica - All content | Published: Fri, 17 Oct 2025 17:14:03 +0000 | ID: f7341856796b | | Topics: πŸ€– Ai Ml, ☁️ Cloud
πŸ€– AI Summary:
Lawsuit accuses nudify apps of training on teen victims' images.
πŸ“± Show Tweet Suggestions (1)
Check out this tech news: Teen sues to destroy the nudify app that left her in constant fear... https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/10/teen-haunted-by-fake-nudes-sues-to-kill-nudify-app-block-telegram-bots/
[17]
πŸ“° X is changing how it handles links to try and keep you in the app
Source: The Verge | Published: 2025-10-19T19:07:50-04:00 | ID: 956c31cb2ceb | | Topics: πŸ“± Mobile
πŸ€– AI Summary:
X is testing a change to the way it handles links on iOS so that the buttons to like, reply, and repost will always be visible. Normally, when you click a link on X the page opens up and completely co...
πŸ“± Show Tweet Suggestions (1)
Check out this tech news: X is changing how it handles links to try and keep you in the app... https://www.theverge.com/news/802480/x-is-changing-how-it-handles-links-to-try-and-keep-you-in-the-app
[18]
πŸ“° This weekend is your last chance to get a month of Disney Plus starting at $9.99
Source: The Verge | Published: 2025-10-19T10:00:00-04:00 | ID: 3e8f5ec563c2 | | Topics: 🏒 Big Tech
πŸ€– AI Summary:
From Apple TV Plus to Peacock, a number of streaming services have recently increased their pricing β€” and Disney Plus is no exception. Starting on Tuesday, October 21st, the standalone plan with ads w...
πŸ“± Show Tweet Suggestions (1)
Check out this tech news: This weekend is your last chance to get a month of Disney Plus starting at $9.99... https://www.theverge.com/tech/801979/disney-plus-premium-october-price-hike-deal
[19]
πŸ“° SpaceX launches 10,000th Starlink internet satellite
Source: The Verge | Published: 2025-10-20T05:44:25-04:00 | ID: a66aece84d66 |
πŸ€– AI Summary:
On Sunday, SpaceX launched 56 additional Starlink satellites on separate Falcon 9 rockets, surpassing 10,000 total satellites launched into low Earth orbit to date. The milestone was reached on board ...
πŸ“± Show Tweet Suggestions (1)
Check out this tech news: SpaceX launches 10,000th Starlink internet satellite... https://www.theverge.com/news/802509/starlink-launches-10000th-internet-satellite
[20]
πŸ“° Organizers say over 7 million showed up to No Kings protests
Source: The Verge | Published: 2025-10-19T10:50:06-04:00 | ID: 15c63e7f266a | | Topics: πŸ€– Ai Ml
πŸ€– AI Summary:
Saturday marked the biggest day of protest since the start of Donald Trumps’ second term. Organizers of the No Kings protests estimated that over seven million people took to the streets to declare th...
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Check out this tech news: Organizers say over 7 million showed up to No Kings protests... https://www.theverge.com/news/802321/organizers-say-over-7-million-showed-up-to-no-kings-protests
[21]
πŸ—¨οΈ The Majority AI View within the tech industry
Source: Reddit (r/programming) | Published: 2025-10-19 22:16 | ID: 485f47b08e3b | | Topics: πŸ€– Ai Ml, πŸ‘©β€πŸ’» Programming
πŸ€– AI Summary:
Reddit discussion in r/programming with 194 upvotes and 82 comments.
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Check out this tech news: The Majority AI View within the tech industry... https://www.anildash.com/2025/10/17/the-majority-ai-view/
[22]
πŸ“° Spyware maker NSO Group blocked from WhatsApp
Source: TechCrunch | Published: Sat, 18 Oct 2025 20:36:10 +0000 | ID: 2032c619b882 | | Topics: πŸ”’ Security, πŸ”§ Hardware
πŸ€– AI Summary:
A federal judge has granted Meta-owned WhatsApp’s request for a permanent injunction blocking Israeli cyberintelligence company NSO Group from targeting the messaging app’s users. At the same time, th...
πŸ“± Show Tweet Suggestions (1)
Check out this tech news: Spyware maker NSO Group blocked from WhatsApp... https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/18/spyware-maker-nso-group-blocked-from-whatsapp/
[23]
πŸ“š Skyfall-GS: Synthesizing Immersive 3D Urban Scenes from Satellite Imagery
Source: arXiv | Published: 2025-10-17 | ID: f02f85c56bb2 | | Topics: πŸ€– Ai Ml
πŸ€– AI Summary:
Research paper by Jie-Ying Lee, Yi-Ruei Liu, Shr-Ruei Tsai et al.. Synthesizing large-scale, explorable, and geometrically accurate 3D urban scenes is a challenging yet valuable task in providing imme...
πŸ“± Show Tweet Suggestions (1)
Check out this tech news: Skyfall-GS: Synthesizing Immersive 3D Urban Scenes from Satellite Imagery... http://arxiv.org/abs/2510.15869v1
[24]
πŸ“š LightsOut: Diffusion-based Outpainting for Enhanced Lens Flare Removal
Source: arXiv | Published: 2025-10-17 | ID: b7b6b6b4f2eb | | Topics: πŸ€– Ai Ml
πŸ€– AI Summary:
Research paper by Shr-Ruei Tsai, Wei-Cheng Chang, Jie-Ying Lee et al.. Lens flare significantly degrades image quality, impacting critical computer vision tasks like object detection and autonomous dr...
πŸ“± Show Tweet Suggestions (1)
Check out this tech news: LightsOut: Diffusion-based Outpainting for Enhanced Lens Flare Removal... http://arxiv.org/abs/2510.15868v1
[25]
πŸ—¨οΈ The Great Software Quality Collapse: How We Normalized Catastrophe
Source: Reddit (r/programming) | Published: 2025-10-19 17:29 | ID: acf2e786eeda | | Topics: πŸ‘©β€πŸ’» Programming
πŸ€– AI Summary:
Reddit discussion in r/programming with 760 upvotes and 281 comments.
πŸ“± Show Tweet Suggestions (1)
Check out this tech news: The Great Software Quality Collapse: How We Normalized Catastrophe... https://techtrenches.substack.com/p/the-great-software-quality-collapse
[26]
πŸ“° X is launching a marketplace for inactive handles
Source: The Verge | Published: 2025-10-19T16:44:40-04:00 | ID: 1018b50070c9 |
πŸ€– AI Summary:
Premium Plus and Premium Business users will soon be able to browse and request inactive usernames on the X Handle Marketplace. Handles are going to be broken up into two broad categories. Priority ha...
πŸ“± Show Tweet Suggestions (1)
Check out this tech news: X is launching a marketplace for inactive handles... https://www.theverge.com/news/802474/x-is-launching-a-marketplace-for-inactive-handles
[27]
πŸ“° You need to read the epic Argentinian horror novel Our Share of Night
Source: The Verge | Published: 2025-10-19T13:24:39-04:00 | ID: b16b51e4fca9 |
πŸ€– AI Summary:
I've read a lot of horror books over the last two years. But my absolute favorite is easily Mariana Enriquez' Our Share of Night. The book was originally published in 2019 in Argentina, but it only go...
πŸ“± Show Tweet Suggestions (1)
Check out this tech news: You need to read the epic Argentinian horror novel Our Share of Night... https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/802340/you-need-to-read-the-epic-argentinian-horror-novel-our-share-of-night
[28]
πŸ“° March of the frogs
Source: The Verge | Published: 2025-10-19T13:20:54-04:00 | ID: 5fe911ffd12c |
πŸ€– AI Summary:
By the time I arrived, the waterfront park in downtown Portland, Oregon was already awash with people as far as the eye could see. The No Kings protest in June had turned out around 10,000 people acro...
πŸ“± Show Tweet Suggestions (1)
Check out this tech news: March of the frogs... https://www.theverge.com/policy/802315/portland-no-kings-october-ice-protests-frog-antifa
[29]
πŸ“š BiomedXPro: Prompt Optimization for Explainable Diagnosis with Biomedical Vision Language Models
Source: arXiv | Published: 2025-10-17 | ID: f702a4eaa0a2 | | Topics: πŸ€– Ai Ml
πŸ€– AI Summary:
Research paper by Kaushitha Silva, Mansitha Eashwara, Sanduni Ubayasiri et al.. The clinical adoption of biomedical vision-language models is hindered by prompt optimization techniques that produce ei...
πŸ“± Show Tweet Suggestions (1)
Check out this tech news: BiomedXPro: Prompt Optimization for Explainable Diagnosis with Biomedical Vision Language Models... http://arxiv.org/abs/2510.15866v1
[30]
πŸ—¨οΈ 'This is definitely my last TwitchCon': High-profile streamer Emiru was assaulted at the event, even as streamers have been sounding the alarm about stalkers and harassment
Source: Reddit (r/technology) | Published: 2025-10-19 21:41 | ID: b3b352d4d327 | | Topics: β‚Ώ Crypto
πŸ€– AI Summary:
Reddit discussion in r/technology with 27941 upvotes and 1687 comments.
πŸ“± Show Tweet Suggestions (1)
Check out this tech news: 'This is definitely my last TwitchCon': High-profile streamer Emiru was assaulted at the event, even as streamers have been sounding the alarm about stalkers and harassment... https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/this-is-definitely-my-last-twitchcon-high-profile-streamer-emiru-was-assaulted-at-the-event-even-as-streamers-have-been-sounding-the-alarm-about-stalkers-and-harassment/
[31]
πŸ—¨οΈ Snapchat, Roblox, Duolingo, Fortnite and more go down in huge internet outage
Source: Reddit (r/technology) | Published: 2025-10-20 07:51 | ID: 75474044b48c |
πŸ€– AI Summary:
Reddit discussion in r/technology with 1994 upvotes and 371 comments.
πŸ“± Show Tweet Suggestions (1)
Check out this tech news: Snapchat, Roblox, Duolingo, Fortnite and more go down in huge internet outage... https://www.the-independent.com/tech/snapchat-roblox-duolingo-fortnite-down-not-working-b2848289.html
[32]
πŸ—¨οΈ [D] On AAAI 2026 Discussion
Source: Reddit (r/MachineLearning) | Published: 2025-10-19 03:07 | ID: b348ae9a5615 | | Topics: πŸ€– Ai Ml
πŸ€– AI Summary:
I'm a reviewer (PC) and don’t have a submission myself, but honestly, this is the weirdest reviewing process I’ve ever experienced. 1. Phase 2 papers are worse than Phase 1. In Phase 1, I reviewed fou...
πŸ“± Show Tweet Suggestions (1)
Check out this tech news: [D] On AAAI 2026 Discussion... https://reddit.com/r/MachineLearning/comments/1oaf1v0/d_on_aaai_2026_discussion/
[33]
πŸ“° Big Tech sues Texas, says age-verification law is β€œbroad censorship regime”
Source: Ars Technica - All content | Published: Fri, 17 Oct 2025 17:55:19 +0000 | ID: 1b8cc3d77439 |
πŸ€– AI Summary:
Texas app law compared to checking IDs at bookstores and shopping malls.
πŸ“± Show Tweet Suggestions (1)
Check out this tech news: Big Tech sues Texas, says age-verification law is β€œbroad censorship regime”... https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/10/big-tech-sues-texas-says-age-verification-law-is-broad-censorship-regime/
[34]
πŸ“š OmniVinci: Enhancing Architecture and Data for Omni-Modal Understanding LLM
Source: arXiv | Published: 2025-10-17 | ID: 71a4ef1811f6 | | Topics: πŸ€– Ai Ml, πŸ”§ Hardware
πŸ€– AI Summary:
Research paper by Hanrong Ye, Chao-Han Huck Yang, Arushi Goel et al.. Advancing machine intelligence requires developing the ability to perceive across multiple modalities, much as humans sense the wo...
πŸ“± Show Tweet Suggestions (1)
Check out this tech news: OmniVinci: Enhancing Architecture and Data for Omni-Modal Understanding LLM... http://arxiv.org/abs/2510.15870v1
[35]
πŸ“° Ring cameras are about to get increasingly chummy with law enforcement
Source: Ars Technica - All content | Published: Fri, 17 Oct 2025 21:50:10 +0000 | ID: 87423892c5fb | | Topics: 🏒 Big Tech
πŸ€– AI Summary:
Amazon's Ring partners with company whose tech has reportedly been used by ICE.
πŸ“± Show Tweet Suggestions (1)
Check out this tech news: Ring cameras are about to get increasingly chummy with law enforcement... https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/10/ring-cameras-are-about-to-get-increasingly-chummy-with-law-enforcement/
[36]
πŸ“° Roberta Williams’ The Colonel’s Bequest was a different type of adventure game
Source: Ars Technica - All content | Published: Sat, 18 Oct 2025 12:15:59 +0000 | ID: 71f297379d43 |
πŸ€– AI Summary:
What if point-and-click games weren't about the puzzles?
πŸ“± Show Tweet Suggestions (1)
Check out this tech news: Roberta Williams’ The Colonel’s Bequest was a different type of adventure game... https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/10/roberta-williams-the-colonels-bequest-was-a-different-type-of-adventure-game/
[37]
πŸ“° With deadline looming, 4 of 9 universities reject Trump’s β€œcompact” to remake higher ed
Source: Ars Technica - All content | Published: Fri, 17 Oct 2025 22:14:59 +0000 | ID: f96e51106af7 |
πŸ€– AI Summary:
But Trump is pressuring the other five.
πŸ“± Show Tweet Suggestions (1)
Check out this tech news: With deadline looming, 4 of 9 universities reject Trump’s β€œcompact” to remake higher ed... https://arstechnica.com/culture/2025/10/with-deadline-looming-4-of-9-universities-reject-trumps-compact-to-remake-higher-ed/
[38]
πŸ“° Vaginal condition treatment update: Men should get treated, too
Source: Ars Technica - All content | Published: Fri, 17 Oct 2025 22:02:54 +0000 | ID: 746a17d040c1 |
πŸ€– AI Summary:
For bacterial vaginosis, partners are part of the problemβ€”and the solution.
πŸ“± Show Tweet Suggestions (1)
Check out this tech news: Vaginal condition treatment update: Men should get treated, too... https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/10/vaginal-condition-treatment-update-men-should-get-treated-too/
[39]
πŸ“° Dead Ends is a fun, macabre medical history for kids
Source: Ars Technica - All content | Published: Fri, 17 Oct 2025 18:36:18 +0000 | ID: 57b3073ce3f1 |
πŸ€– AI Summary:
Ars chats with co-authors Lindsey Fitzharris and Adrian Teal about their delightful new children's book.
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Check out this tech news: Dead Ends is a fun, macabre medical history for kids... https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/10/dead-ends-is-a-fun-macabre-medical-history-for-kids/